investigation coming up. and we've seen debates on both side of the health care reform issue but what is fact and what is fiction. we'll sort it out this morning. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. starting you off with a view outside. looking at the traffic near the pentagon. light in many places. maybe we'll get an early start on the weekend. it's friday morning, august 14th and we're looking at a weather repeat from yesterday. thanks for joining us, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm claudia coffey. tony will have the weekend forecast in a minute. but looking ahead. you may not have heard of nassau tracking the potential asteroids heading to earth so should we worry. the latest coming up. and band slam hits theaters today and one of the stars grew up near d.c. and he's going to join us live in the 8:00 hour. and the redski are back,

but it didn't look like they showed up for the matchup with the ravens. we have the highlights from the beltway beatdown coming up. first let's check in with tony for an update on the forecast this morning. >> good morning steve and claudia. steve summed it up quite nicely. if you liked yesterday, you'll like today. it will almost be a carbon copy. if anything, it will be sunnier today. let's look at the satellite radar. we have some clouds south and st and there is some ipprioecitt precitation across southern portions of acthef chesapeake and the potomac. including a heavy rainfall. that looks like down near mt. vernon, heavy down there or farther to the south. t w let's look at some fog ou there. there is fog across portions of the northern area and out to the west, including along i-270

upto the north toward gaithersburg. currently 72 at reagan national. 91% humidity. the breeze is out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour. forecast for washington for today, plenty of sunshine. could be an isolated ay. derstorm t out 86 degrees. we'll have more details on ung tp tle stick with us f ttha. claudia, back to you. >> thank you, tony. expect delays on metro rail red and orange lines. fort totten will not have service and you'll have to mket between brooklyn and fort totten and takoma. on the orange line trains lwil share one track between the viea and west falls church station from 8:00 tonight to closing on sunday so add 30 minutes to your trip. and for a check of what we can expect on the roadways this morning, let's head out to julie wright. >> it's not looking bad right

now. light traffic volume around the area. from around route 50 at the bay bridge, lanes are open toward kent island. by bridge with a stalled car with very little delay. no incidents on the op headed for the wilson bridge but here at van dorn street, hitting a back up over toward the lane drop at van dorn past what used to be the exit for eisenhower and toward telegraph road. traffic volume heavy and steady from van dorn toward telegraph. no incidents along 270 out of gaithersburg. you are incident fre toward rockville. at southeast washington toward the navy regard, m. street at 9th street southeast, a crash in the middle of the intersection with only the right lane getting by each way. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. michael vick soring high with the philadelphia eagles. it's our big story this morning. >> he just left pron for his

role in a dogfighting ring and the blogs are buzzing this morning. gurvir joining us with more. >> people wondering if he would land with any team and again he's going to philly. philly known for having some of the toughest not so nice fans but some people say it lost its reputation by signing vick. the eagles coach feels otherwise. >> he's back in the nfl. he has signed a year, $1.6 million deal. if he's around for 2 years he gets $5.2 million. a hard thing to swallow for the fans. >> it's a disgrace and i came to talk about. >> i don't think you'll be able to forget about it. it will be in the back of your mind. >> reporter: he was convicted in august of 2007 for conspiracy and was sentenced to 24 months in prison and was

released after 18 months. he he was suspended by the nfl. he can now practice -- practice and play in the last two preseasogames. he could be fully reinstated in week six. >> he's an awesome player. i'm a die hard fan and i think he can do a good job. >> pita says the philadelphia eagles have chosen to sign a man who hanged dogs, electric outethem with jumper cables and held them under water in a swimming pool and even throw them into the the pool while laughing. >> and team executives were showing little interest in signing vick. and donovan mcnabb, who still has 3 years left, has a $5.3

million raise. everybody will be buzzing about this one. >> no doubt. and the redskins were in baltimore last night taking on the ravens. and d'angelo hall is a former teammate of michael vick at virginia tech and this is what he had to say about vick signing with the eagles. >> he got a job. but our division is going to be something that the organization will have to judge too but hopefully he doesn't get to play as much as he would like to and we'll be all right. >> it's a sign of respect when you don't want to play against somebody. but we have much more in the 8:00. we'll be live in philadelphia and get more reaction from some of the folks up in philly on today's big story. the most decorated olympic gold metalist michael phelps involved in a traffic accident last night in his home town. police say he was driving an suv that collided with another car at an intersection near downtown baltimore. no one in his car was injured. the driver of the other car was taken to a local hospital as a

precaution. police say alcohol was n ot at suved and no nsitatio we ed. a majoisr mcomuter routes that reopened this morning after a deadly hit-and-run in southeast wash. a car struck a man crossing suitland parkway this man. police are looking for that vehicle. it is a small blue or black vehicle with exceptionive front- end damage to the windshield and the right side mirror is possibly missing. the parkway was closed for some time but now all lanes are open ain. authorities are searching for who planted a bomb inside a postal service mailbox. >> it exploded near brown middle school in northeast d.c. now somebody is in big trouble with the law. tom fitzgerald joins us live with more. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning, claudia. if this was meant as a prank, folks in this neighborhood are not laughing. it's a miracle that no one was walking by this mailbox when this explosion occurred. we have some video of the scene

last night shortly about an hour after this took place. it was around 10:00 when d.c. fire and ems were called to the neighborhood at 49th and mead street. a mailbox was exploded by an explosive device in it. a bomb. police have not been able to identify who is responsible for this at this point but we can tell you the force of this explosion sent debris scattered at least 60 feet in all areas and fire and ems had to come back and search the area for concern there may have been a second device planted. fortunately none has been found. and joining us is mary mug. weighs here in the neighborhood last night when it happened and what did you hear? >> a big explosion from inside my apartment. >> reporter: what did it sound like? >> a bomb.

>> reporter: just violent booming, shaking? >> it was like -- boom. a big explosion. >> reporter: now immediately after that happened, you guessed something wasn't right and what did you do and the neighbors do? >> the police came out here to find out what happened and the police said somebody blew up the mailbox. >> reporter: and people walk by that street corner all of the time and there is a metro stop a couple of blocks away. it was a mearkle somebody wasn't standing there when it went off. >> and somebody could have been killed. people walk by that all of the time. >> reporter: and again police are searching whoever is responsible. not only will they face charges for the bomb but it's a federal crime to destroy u.s. mailboxes property. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. and more alarming news involving a postal employee. marvin foster has admitted to a hefty crime, saying he stole more than $600,000 in stamps

and then sold them for a profit. the u.s. attorney's office says foster was a window clerk from june of 2008 to this past march. he stole bricks and coils of stamps which he gave to aco conspirator to sell. and today police search for the remains of shakita bell, a d.c. woman missing for 13 years. yesterday was a possible break in the case. police unearthed a show. authorities are looking in a wooded area in fortunate washington. bell's ex boyfriend confessed to murdering her and pointed police to the area where he says the body was buried. those closest to eunice kennedy shriver will wish her a farewell today. yesterday mourners flooded a

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this is a quick reminder to come on out and say hello to the fox team tomorrow as holly and tucker will at the eastern market from 10:00 until

1:00 so come on down and say hello. >> tucker, holly and i do some shopping together on the weekends and the station decided to turn that into a little event. >> is it a right? >> so we'll be shopping. if you say hi, be quick about it, because we have things to do. >> i don't believe you. >> i'm just joking. we'll be there and will be happy to hey hello. >> hopefully the weather will be nice. > tomorrow will be warmer an . thlly tobe wi let's look at hd byseraouecowau shyou because memow nts ago, we were showing you a different radar e.t it wasmoulpd leletoumo r isowasn't as zoomed in and i mistakenly said it the r sshower might t.m ho vet.t. vernon. . rnas you can seeea . r onve no wrn tmtr it was tm akis e. haast to de. ak isbut we do have a little bit o shower activity and perhaps a little storm brewing down we re, so that's what e 'r oking at and we'll keep our eyes on that during the course of the morning. here is a broader look. the tesallite radar foh tre

teastern united states, and heag tin clouds, tprimarily to the south and east, i just stepped outse,'sit a fix of clouds and sun but itto the sou clouds a re ptarendci. on ertemperatures look like this:c our temperature not budging this morning. 72 degrees. we've been uhest tckre for a t ouple upof hours. 75 now in norfolk, 71 in pittsburgh, up in pittsburgh, pa, it is 65 degrees. here is your five-day forecast. today 86, tomorrow warm and humid, 88, very slight chance of a afternoon shower or thunderstorm and most people will not see anything sunday, 90 degrees and dry. temperatures into the beginning of the next workweek, it looks like iwill be dry with those temperatures. >> a source tells me that president of the tony perkins fan club will also be out at eastern market. >> that's right. my mom will be there too. no. >> and julie wright may be out

there as well. >> this is turning into a party. >> are you going to have the signs ready? >> i thought scott perkins was going to be there. i'm confused. >> my brother is not going to be there. >> please don't put him in a bad mood. >> i am the president of the tony perkins fan club and i would love to come on out and see tony. >> i thought that club disbanded a few years ago. >> the membership keeps growing and growing. >> okay. >> much like my waistline, but that's a different story. here we go. outer loop of the beltway toward van dorn street, d out towards eisenhower avenue. we've been talking about the lane drop. it's part of the woodrow wilson bridge project doing the widening. now down to three lanes toward telegraph road. so we have the lane drop contributing to the delay and after you get the lanes back,

that's where we have an incident and al though it's off the road to the shoulder it is the focal point of the outer loop delay before van dorn toward telegraph road. no incidents to report southbound 270. you are still clear asa bell toward rockville. 95, 295 looking good out of laurel toward the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. there is a 100% chance that the earth will be hit by an asteroid. there's not a question in the world. >> massive asteroids on a collision course with planet earth. could it be? nasa says it could be and there is nothing much they could do about it without the help of congress. and probably a lot of people aren't familiar with this program because we don't think about what may be out there heading toward us. lindley johnson joining us. what kind of danger are we facing?

>> well that's what we're trying to face. objects can come within 30 million miles of earth, but that's its area of space that we ne to search to find the objects that might be potential impact hazards to the earth. >> so much focus is on asteroids and this is part of a congressional program we're going to talk about, but what potential damage could something do? >> well first of all, the earth gets hit by stuff from space all of the time. the meteor shower this week was an example of small stuff. but we're worried about objects that are big enough to penetrate the atmosphere and do damage on the ground. so the object has to be about 30-meters in size to do that. so we're looking for objects that are bigger than 30-meters in size. and the current program that nasa has, we started in 1998, was to find all of the

asteroids that were one kill om eter, a little over half a mile in size and biller, because those would do the most damage if they were to hit the earth. >> what could happen if something that size hit the earth. >> it would be a bad day all around. you would have global affects. it would throw enough dust into the atmosphere or eject around the earth that the weather would be affected for years. luckily that kind of thing only happens every few million years but we want to make sure there is nothing that big that will threaten earth. >> you brought some props in with you. what are we looking at here? >> they come in all shapes and sizes. >> >> and bring that closer so we can see what you're looking at. >> there are -- they are little worlds into themselves. these are radar models. we do rar imaging to get an

idea of what they are shaped like. this one particular one happens to be a binary. this one i hold in my hand is a small object. this one is only about -- in real size, is only about 30- meters in size, a little bigger than your studio, so this is the smaller size that is a hazard. it represents how dark the objects are. they are black. they are black as cole and they are very dim and hard to detect. >> and a couple of important questions, because nasa is looking at this, these objects could be 30-40 years down the road. >> they are very dim. we have to be able to see down to 20,000 times what the human

eye can see. so they are very hard to detect and we need powerful telescopes to be able to see that dimly and they also have to be able to scan the sky. we need telescopes with a wilder field of view. >> so if you are able to get this equipment, if you spot one that is an imminent threat, then what can you do about it and present it from striking earth. >> the first step is to find them. you can't do anything about an object unless you find a threat. so that's the first thing. and if we have a robust enough detection program, the likelihood is that we'll find any threat decades if not sentures before it -- there is an impact to the earth. your question is what can we do? there is several techniques that have been studied, at least academically as to what

can be done. one of the leading ones that we know we have the technology for is to slam it with a spacecraft. and if you do that far enough in advance, years in advance, just the change of velocity of a few sent meters per second -- centimeters down the road is enough to miss direct it. another object is a nuclear device on a spacecraft that explodes the asteroid and blows off material from the surface and conservation of momentum, some of the material goes this way and the asteroid goes that way and so it's enough to change the velocity. >> and so you need to get there

years in the advance. >> that's the key. >> and thank you for joining us. and nasa continues to fight this threat that a lot of people don't think about. but if it does happen, a lot of people will be thinking about it. 23 minutes after the hour. and virginia governor's race out of this world. making it a prime destination for space travel. that's coming up. and another friday at the fair. holly is giving us a sneak peek at this year's montgomery county agricultural fair. stay with us. 

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7:31 right now as we check today's top stories. michael vick has found a new ho in the nfl as he's signed a deal with the philadelphia eagles. he served charges related to dogfighting. he is expected to address the media later this morning. it would be find to say it was a difficult start to the preseason for the redskins. their beltway battle with the ravens turned into a beltway beatdown.

the offensive units were shut down and the defensive units were worn out. in the 23-0 loss to baltimore last night. that's all i can say. >> did you watch, tony? >> no, i did not. >> i saw a little bit. it's preseason. >> that's right. >> look on to the next game. >> they're all preseason games. whatever happens, happens. >> we'll worry about it at the opener. >> that's right. let's tell what you is going on ta sl rt. we'll start thwi a look at the tropics because we've been monitoring this awil week long and we continue to monitor it. the folks at the national hurricane center looking at a couple of things. tropical depression number two, less organized this morning, being ripped apart a little bit. but it could gain strength again. right now it's no threat to anybody with winds around 30 miles per hour or so. it's lost some of its charactestics, but it continues to track ward ward, so we'll continue to see how that develops and there is

another tropical depression off the coast of africa. so we'll watch it and see what happens. current temperatures look like this: 72 in washington. 71 up in baltimore, 72 in frederick. patuxent naval air station is cox in at 73 at this hour. satellite radar composite for the area, we have been tracking a couple of showers that have been popping up in eastern portions of virginia and along the lower portions of the potomac river and the chesapeake bay. we continue to watch that activity as the frontal system continues across here and have some energy moving along it creating this type of situation and keeping the cloud cover consistent as well. your beach forecast, those of you heading to the beach for the weekend, generally speaking for the region beaches, we could see a threat of a shower or thunderstorm today and tomorrow. sunday looks to be the warmer and drier of the days. bethany, 80 for the high

tomorrow, 85 on sunday. then for re rehoboth, threat of showers here and there. high today of 86. slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm here or there. most of you won't get anything. same holds true for tomorrow. warmer and more humid. sunday is the same as well. and we'll see highs in the low 90s sunday and beyond. that's a look at the weather. now let's get more on traffic from julie wright. you know my motto honey, one cloudy day at the beach beats any old 95 any day. that's why i have saltwater taffy on the boardwalk. no accidents to report between college and bethesda. a slowdown between colesville and the exits into georgia avenue and silver spring. this is northbound 395, working northbound from duke street toward seminary road. the lanes are open. the outer loop very slow from before van dorn to the lane

drop heading over toward eisenhower avenue. just after that, we have an incident off the road to the shoulder and that is contributing to the outer loop delay. no accidents to report right now on the george washington parkway. the pace is good past national airport, tipping up toward the 14th street bridge and again as i mentioned earlier, top stretch of the beltway below speed through silver spring. no incidents o report, just simply dealing with volume delays. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. everybody is rushing to the band wagon, saying it's going to be this way or this way. well it doesn't going to be nothing yet. they haven't decided anything. >> the rumor that has been circulated a lot lately is the idea that somehow the house of representatives -- >> as public outrage continues -- outrage continues across the country. the president heads to montana today. here o separate fact from fiction in this issue is lori

robertson, managing editor at fact check.com. thank you for being here today. >> thank you. >> we have a couple of hot topics and have you separate fact from fiction. the first is the idea of youth euthanasia and palin put out the word this week that contains death panel. what is the story there? >> it's nonsense. and it sounds like something you might find in a science fiction movie but not this piece of legislation. and the truth of the matter is there is a provision in the house that calls for medicare to pay for voluntary counseling sessions between seniors and doctor on end of life care. and it's a counseling session that would cover things like a living will, hospice care, do you want to designate a health care proxy. tough decisions certainly, but things would prefer to make

before they get too sick. >> but euthanasia not true. >> no. >> and the president promises that your health care will be paid for. >> well not yet, it isn't. well the health care bill would be paid for and he keeps promising, but it would add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit over a decade. >> and we would be forced to pay for abortion. is that one true? >> it's fuzzy. there is nothing in the bill that says that. nothing in the bill in the house or senate that says it would be funded and it says no taxpayer money would be funded for abortion. but if you're getting a subsidy to pay for your premium then where is that money going? >> but isn't there subsidy that would be used for low income folks. >> both the house and senate

version, low and moderate income would receive subsisies to help with premiums. >> and the other one that is out there is that he bill calls for full government control much like the british and canadian system. >> and that's not true. we've debunked this many times. many groups have made the claims, but neither of the bills are calling for total government run system. >> and here is one that is hazy. would we be forced to take the government plan? what if our business or place of employment decides to go on this government plan, do i have any choice in the matter? do i have to go on that plan? >> it's open to individuals and small businesses and the house says over time maybe more businesses could be eligible to sign up. so if your business chooses to sign up, then you're into the public plan unless you choose to go off on your own and not accept your employers health care. >> there has been public outrage and there is talk that republicans are bust -- busing

in people and then democrats are busing in people. do we know if people are being bussed in and being staged as actors? >> i don't know that this is that surprising. i think most of the time when m it's organized, some people may be coming on their own. so i'm not sure there is -- we haven't done any kind of stories separating who is sending who. it hasn't quite risen to the level of something we wanted to focus on. >> thank you for answering these questions. we'll have these on the website but you got to the heart of what many people are wondering. and we didn't yell at each other. so that's great. lori robinson, managing editor of www.factcheck.org. thank you for being here. and it's 7:39 as we are waiting on new numbers on how far the virus has spread. swine flu scares on the u.s. men's soccer team. and he has changed music

forever and introduced the world to rock 'n' roll. the father of theelectric guitar, les paul, has died. we'll take a look back on his impact on the music industry coming up.

land on gone van -- landon donovan has tested positive for swine flu soccer officials believe he is not contagious and has a mild strain of the virus is almost back to full health. he started and play a full game against mexico on wednesday. well do you remember this picture? that is phillies centerfielder shane victorino, getting a beer tossed on his head during a game against the cubs in chicago wednesday night. well the guy who threw that beer has turned himself into police. the 21-year-old is now charged with battery and illegal conduct within a sports facility. it is 7:43 right now. we want to check in with tony for a look at our forecast. it sounds leek a repeat of yesterday which wasn't that bad. >> it is. i think the main difference is more sunshine today. >> got to have a erpeat. we'll take that. >> that's right. let's look at your regional temperatures, getting off to a gebudge. tart with a n'wot bthd 72-dege mog.inrnmorning.

yesterday was 73 degrees all morning long. 75 down folk. . o new york 71inw neyork city. nehe w, st , est pittsburgh, pa, 65 degrees this morning.de o te sse wdoue cl adsroche t clouds across the region. also some fog being reported. we've seen it with some of the traffic pictures from 270. so fog to the nathwe nd st as well. thicker clouds to the south and a little he city and bit of precipitation down there as well. here is your surface map for today. there is that front just laying there. it's been there for several days. continues to be there. it will melt away. high pressure trying to build in here and it will be successful, our barometic pressure has been going up for the last day or so. we still can't re t oua couple of showers here and there, especially south and east of the district, but very isolated and most folks won't get any precipitation. forecast for today, mostly sunny, 86 degrees. 88 tomrow and humid. sunday, 90 degrees and humid. and we begin another little

warming friend with temperatures in the 90s, sunday, monday and tuesday. there you go. that's the latest on the weather. >> heating up this weekend. thank you, tony. let's check in with julie wright and find out about traffic. >> hey, julie. how is traffic? we're talk about a little t of f. southbound along 270 south of 124 down into rockville, again all of the lanes are open, a little heavy and slow for those leaving urbana down toward doctor perry but well toward 109, no accidents just volume delays and the fog lingering out there. no incidents on the top stretch of the beltway. it's slow from 95 to georgia avenue. northbound 395 on the brakes north of duke street. no incidents to report, sunshine peeking through the clouds up to seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it is safe to say that

without the genius of les paul, rock 'n' roll may not exist, at least not as we know it. he died yesterday at the age of 94. but his achievements will live on in rock forever. here is fox's jill dobson. >> he was a dominant force in the music business since world war ii. les paul died thursday of complications from pneumonia after a lifetime of revoluonary music achievements. >> the world would be different. >> reporter: world class guitarists owe their success to the electric guitar. a solid body six string that was toyed with as a teenager. >> i put stuffed rags in the guitar and socks. i poured plaster perris into it. >> reporter: it paved the way for the rock 'n' roll era the

1950s. in 1952 it released it's first les paul guitar. it's one of the widely used guitars in the world. >> it's a merge of inventors. >> reporter: it changed the course of music. it allows artists to record different instrumen at different times and sings harmony and edit it together. >> in many years i don't believe that it everrent - ever entered my mind that it would be as big as it is. >> reporter: les paul made music too. he had 36 gold records with his former wife mary ford and won several grammies throughout his career n. his later years, he played at new york city night spots. it wasn't unusual for bruce springsteen and eddy val hailen to sit in with his on those

digs. fox 5 news. the next big tween box office mash has a local tie. >> band slam stars vanessa hungons and features gabe canal and he will join us in the next hour. and holly ispending friday at the fair. what is going on? >> reporter: we're doing horsing around as we're live at the montgomery county fairgrous where they are set for the 61st annual fair here. it gets bigger and better each year. we're starting out with the 4h club with the horse and pony club. and what they could do and what you could do when you come out next on fox 5 news. stay with us. guys remember,

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stop out and say hi to tony, tucker and holly morris market between 10:00 a.m. we and 1:00 p.m. we are winding down our summers by spending our fridays at the fairs. this week are headed to the montgomery county agricultural fair and from monster trucks to the milking

parlor, they have something for everyone. that's quite a contrast there, holly. >> reporter: as always having a good time. loving the fact that it's friday and we are at yet another great fair in our area and i have to say the montgomery county fair, a little partial to me. i live in montgomery county. but also because this is an awesome fair. they do things right and they do have something for everyone. it doesn't open until 3:00 this afternoon. but we're getting a little early morning riding session in with the 4h horse and pony club. we're in their arena this morning. they're working up their horses as you can see. up here on the railing with me, i have amda, kristin, i have colleen and thenout wood down here holding the horse, i think for me. he is the horse and pony superintendent when it comes to the 4h. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: thanks for getting up early with us this morning. we appreciate it. so talk about, this starts out as a 4h fair and it's the heart

of the fair and how it all works for you all. >> the 4h club horsing around had a lot to do with getting at rina set up and the barn, and when we built the barn in 2000 we had a lot people volunteer and we had a lot of volunteers supporting the building of the barn and since that we've added something every year and made it the great fair that it is and i think it's a nice looking place right now. >> reporter: it's a pretty nice looking place. this is colleen. she's part of the horsing around club. how long have you been part of this. >> since i was 8 years old. >> reporter: and what have you goten out of being part of the 4h club? >> it's an awesome experience. i really enjoy meeting all of the people and learning responsibility and trustworthiness and all of that kind of stuff. and learning everything -- you learn all of your life skills that you use for the rest of your life. >> reporter: wow. that's a pretty profound statement which says a lot

about 4h. >> it is. >> reporter: so it's my turn to get up here on the horse. >> right. >> reporter: you expect me to be limb ber here. >> that was good. >> reporter: what's the name of my horse. >> sheila. >> reporter: and i want to call over to macy. and tell me what we're going to be doing. >> you are doing the pairs race. you guys will be holding the string in between you and you'll have to go down to the end of t poles and make a right and come back. and we usually time it, but you guys are -- you won't have to be teamed. >> reporter: listen to that. being easy to the old lazy. and hello, macy, how long have you been doing this? >> i joined when i was 10 and i'm now 19. i learned about litership and i was president of the club. i went to nationals a couple of times and that helped me get into college actually. >> reporter: good for you. am i facing the right way? i make sure i pick out the

right partners that make me look good. so what are we doing? >> we're going to go down to the end and come back. acone of us drops the string we have to go back to where we dropped it and tart over. >> reporter: you better not drop it. all right. and as we do this, tell me what you like about the fair. it's a week long. >> in our club we spend a lot of time together and i became close to the girls my age. and that was a big thing. i was so excited to come to the fair and spend a week with your best friend and then of course getting to ride every day. >> reporter: and you do do a lot of different events. >> this is our fun day, like our games. and then tomorrow is the horse show where we're in our pants and boots and our coats and stuff. >> reporter: what do you win? >> ribbons and there is premium prizes depending on how you place. >> reporter: can i be a part of your 4h horsing around club. i know how to horse around but

it may not be on this beautiful four-legged animal. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the montgomery county fair website. there is so much that is going on here. it opens today at 3:00 this afternoon and runs through next weekend. plenty of time to come on out and do a little horsing around yourself. from riding a horse to riding the carnival rides, that's what we're tackling next. hopefully i won't need a helmet for that. >> you might. you never know. thank you, holly. and at 8:00, a new twist in the drama surrounding job -- john edwards. a bombshell he's expected to announce regarding his interview with a former mistress. how a 11-year-old boy landed a one-on-one with president obama. fox 5 morning news continues after the break. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah!

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up. and frightening moments for michael phelps. he walked away from a car crash last night. details on that still ahead. and then -- >> i know, it's unchartered territory. >> that is a maryland actor star ago long side lisa kudrow and vanessa hungons in the new movie band slam. and here here to chat about the film. good morning. i'm claudia coffey in for allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. big buzz in the sports world as michael vick is back with the philadelphia eagles, signing a deal after serving 18 months in federal prison for a dogfighting conviction. we'll go live to philly for reaction from the fans and the eagles. and now for a check of weather this top of the 8:00 hour. tony perki, it sounds like we're off to a good start for the weekend. >> not a bad start. we have relatively mild conditions out there with temperatures in the 70s.

humidity is up there but we have a slight breeze. here is a look at e thsatellite radar. e ce wcan show you th satellite radar of what is happening outside with some of the cloud cover that e whave to r south nd tase. alsolias precipitation out thereass, roc the southern end of the chesap bay, and southern portions of the potomac river and a couple of clouds across washington as well. area airports, we are in the 70s. 72 degrees. we remain at 72 at washington. 71 at dulles airport, 71 at bwi marshall. forecast for today, plenty of sunshine. could be an isolated thunderstorm here or there. not many will see that though. high of about 86 degrees. that's a look at what is happeng with the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> thanks a lot. and let's check in with julie wright and look at traffic at 8:00. >> we have slow traffic on the top stretch of the beltway leaving 95 college park toward

silver spring. nothing out of the ordinary there. lanes are open southbound 95 at 290 out of laurel, 270 good toward the split. it's the slow stretch right now leaving the college park area and continuing toward georgia avenue that will tie up the around the beltway commute. no tieups leaving the springfield interchange toward eisenhower and telegraph road. a lot of this slow traffic here before van dn is due to the long-term construction project at the wilson bridge. and keep in mind they have narrowed the lanes past van dorn headed over to what was the exit near eisenhower toward telegraph. so that's why we have a lot of slow traffic right now. eastbound 66, will slow between 50 and 23 and after nutley street to the beltway. eastbound on the dulles toll road before 7100, there is a crew scheduled to do tree trimming work tieing up the g t hside. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. a major commuter route has reopened after a deadly hit-and- run in southeast. a car hit a man crossing

suitland parkway around 3:00 this morning. police are on the lookout for a small blue or black vehicle with extensive front end damage to the windshield and the right side mirror is possibly missing. the parkway closed for a few t hours but has now reopened. authorities are searching for whoever planted a bomb inide a postal service mailbox. >> it exploded near brown middle school in northeast d.c. and now the culprit is going to have to answer to the feds. tom fitzgerald joins us with the latest. what is going on? >> reporter: steve, what we know about this is bad enough, but it could have been a whole lot worse if someone was walking by that corner behind me when this thing off. it was -- it was around 10:00 last night when neighbors heard an explosion and debris was sent flying 60 feet in some places. one neighbor we talked to said

it was unlike anything he had ever heard. >> i was in the bed, and i heard the big boom. and then later on, somebody knocked at the door so i got up and i came out and the mailbox was gone. one piece was in the yard next door. >> well that mailbox was gone, but what was here were dozens of firefighters andolice. and to give you an idea of how strong the impact is, look across the street here where the fire hydrant is. that is where the mailbox used to be. now debris went flying across this street, over into this yard and created a divot in this yard about 6 inches deep. you can only imagine the petal force going into that -- the metal force going into that lawn if someone had been walking by. that injury would have been significant. police are investigating this case and whoever is doing this is not only facing charges for

the bomb, it is also a federal crime to tom per -- tamper with u.s. postal service property. live in northeast this morning, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. gold metal swimmer michael phelps is making headlines as he was involved in a traffic accident last night. police say he was driving an suv that collided with another car at an intersection near downtown baltimore. nobody in phelps car was injured. driver of the other car was shaken up and taken to a local hospital as a precaution. police say alcohol was not involved and no citations were issued. today police continue the search for shakita bell, a d.c. woman missing for 13 years. yesterday a possible break in the case as authorities searching in a wooded area in fort washington unearth a shoe. the family believe the shoe may belong to shakita. >> i thought it was too small but i put it against my foot we knew it was the right size and

then once we figured out the name, we said it's her shoe. i'm thanking god because we want to find her and i'm thinking we're getting oser to it. >> her ex boyfriend confessed to murdering her and pointed police to the area where he said the body was buried. life in prison for this man, the punishment for the man behind a string of crimes that targeted eldery woman in -- women in montgomery county. per laira was sentenced to life without parole. a jury concted him in may. he is serving time for staking out elderly woman, tieing them up and robbing them. one victim died and another women who survived praised the judge for his decision. the cdcis expected to release new numbers on swine flu today. five months after the outbreak began, the virus shows no signs of slowing down. vaccine trials are underway here in our area and the --

area and the hope is to have it trod go by the fall. landon donovan of the l.a. galaxy is recovering from what the team's general manager is a mild case of swine flu. donovan says he thinks he contracted it rom two teen staff members. president clinton says the g.o.p. promotes fear over health care because they have no political clout to fight it and that fear has caused chaos at town halls across the country and the president may face those same angry crowds at a town hall today in belgrade, montana. a big opposition rally is planned nearby with about 500 expect to show up. a private funeral will take place today for eunice kennedy shriver. joe biden will be attendance. yesterday mourners went to a cape cod church to pay respects, remembering her as a passional humanitarian. she founded the special olympics and is the sister of john f. kennedy. she bass -- passed away on tuesday at the age of 88.

we continue to follow a developing situation in afghanistan where u.s. forces continue a heavy astall on the taliban to secure the country for upcoming elections. allied forces had half of the town of dunno under control. meantime the pentagon is not saying how long americans will be fighting in afghanistan but secretary of defense robert gates says it will take a few years to defeat the taliban. a update on the deadly commission over -- collision over its head son river. why the faa has placed two employees on leave. this boy is just 11 years old but he landed a big-time interview with president obama and we have the clips coming up. and michael a vick is heade back to the nfl. we'll take you live to philadelphith us. stay with us.

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it's now 11 minutes after the hour. time f a look at stories making headlines this morning. firefighters are facing a up hill battle in california. flames in the mountains of santa cruz are growing forcing more than 2,000 people to evacuate their homes. there has been no reports of home destroyed. this is one of several wildfires bushing -- burning in the state. a faa air traffic controller and supervisor are on leave in connection with the collision over the hudson. the controller handling the plane was on the phone and the supervisor was not in the building as required. the employees actions don't have apeered to have -- appeared to have contributed to the accident. an 11-year-old has scored a huge interview with president obama. damon weaver became a sensation as he followed the president hoping for an interview.

the president finally agreed and spoke about basketball, bullying and live in the white house. >> what is it like being the president of the united states? >> well it's very exciting. it's a lot of work. and there are times where you get a little worn down. but every day you have the possibility, the ability of helping other people. and if you can do that, then -- >> weaver signed ut just like he did when he interviewed joe biden. he asked president obama to be his home boy and he said absolutely. the interview is on our website at myfoxdc.com. >> i like when he asked if the president could dunk a basketball. he said he used to. age gets to all of us. and let's get to tony perkins and speaking of age -- >> be careful over there. >> stand down. >> we do have another young man, and this is a great

picture. wait until you see this. it is the my first 5 photo of the day and this is 2-year-old reilly. >> he's adorable. >> doesn't his outfit look familiar to you. >> that's what you wear after the show. >> no. he is such a big of where is waldo that he likes to dress like him. and check it out. that's what we're told. he enjoys waldo. there you go. the similarities in there. he is adorable. thank you for sending that in. if you want to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. let's take a look at the weather conditions around the region. we budged. 73-degrees now is what we're up to. relative humidity, 84%. winds calm at this hour and the barometic pressure is on the rise. take a look at the national map and we'll show you the satellite radar composite for the entire country. and let's go out west where we are seeing rain showers across exico and into

portions of colorado as well. out to the east, there are some showers along the west coast of florida, pushing into cocentral ce tlda and of course we've bit of precipitation down to our -- well to our south across the southern end of the chesapeake bay. forecast for today and next five days, high today of about 86 degrees. near normal. very slight chance ever a sher or thunderstorm and isolated later on today. sunny and warm, 88 degrees. sunday, warm and humid with 98 for the high and we continue warm into the next workweek. that's a look at the weather. and now get another look at traffic with julie wright. it looks like we might not have julie. so we'll come back to her in just a little bit. now we're told she's there. it is quite tricky, isn't it. we're here, we're here. we have laned open along the top stretch of the beltway

between college park and bethesda. southbound 95 and 295 out of laurel. no incidents to report. southbound 270 in the clear leaving germantown heading for the lane divide and continuing through rockville. so a nice, easy ride along 270. the pace across the american legion bridge good to go at this time. tree trimming work eastbound on the dollars toll road atroching 7100 on the right side. the big story is the outer loop of the beltway into the work zone, the long-term project there all part of the wilson bridge construction. outer loop of the beltway getting past van dorn, traffic slows before van dorn through the work zone and the pace improves after telegraph road. inner loop looks good from the wilson bridge toward the springfield interchange. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the battle of the beltways was more like of a beltway beatdown last night as the baltimore ravens pulls out a 6- 0 lead and then scored that

toudown beforhalftime. the redskins moved the ball early but couldn't get in the end zone all night and baltimore won the battle of the beltway 23-0. but you had to go up farther up i-95 to get the big story of the day. michael vick signing a one-year deal with the philadelphia eagles. this after vick served nearly 2 years in prison for running a dogfighting operation. joining us -- joining us live with steve keely outside of the nova care complex where the eagles hold practice. so what is the street in philadelphia, are fans excited or upset that michael vick is an eagle. >> reporter: well some are excited but it seems a majority are oppose we're running a poll on good day philadelphia this morning and it's oning 3-1 -- it's running 3-1 against the signing of michael vick. and if you aren't aware of where it stands in the nfl's mind, the commissioner says he will decide on week six when he can play. so it's conceivable that you

may see him in an eagles uniform when the two teams play monday night october 26th that could be his first or second game. so you folks that go to the skins game in maryland, you may be the first to see michael vick playing for the first time since 2006. but a lot of people here in philadelphia that we talked to, despite what the coach said last night in his post game philadelphia news conference, are not happy here. >> it's a disgrace. and i'm about ready -- i can't even talk about. >> i don't think you can forget about it. it will be if the back of your mind. >> he's an awesome player and i think he can do a good job. >> i'm a believer, that as long as people go through the right process they deserve a second chance and michael has done that. i've done a tremendous amount of homework on this and followed his progress. he has some great people in his corner. >> reporter: well andy reid also admitted last night that

maybe one of the reasons he feels that michael vick deserves a second chance is because two of andy reid's sons who both worked for the eagles have run into their own legal troubles and have been in and out of prison for drug-related reasons. so maybe that has weighed on his mind and conscious a little bit, thinking if i'm going to ask people to give my sons a second chanceer i have to be showing that i'm willing to give somebody else a second chance and he's doing that by bringing in michael vick. and michael vick will be here at a news conference being carried on every cable network and on the fox feed service. and also michael vick can practice starting tomorrow. he won't be able to play until the last two preseason games so we may see him in action in preseason through ben again -- but not again into the regular season game until after week six. >> and now at tension is going to be on philadelphia, but a lot of people saying you have

donovan mcnabb, do you need michael vick on this team? >> the problem is the quarterback who backs up donovan mcnabb, kevin cobb went down with a knee injury in camp this week. they think that is not serious but maybe we don't know the nature of the injury and maybe andy reid felt he needed another backup. plus they have been trying to get some offensive weapons, getting one of the best wide receiver and they have desean jackson from last year. donovan mcnabb did sign a two year extension but he's only played two seasons without injury but when quarterbacks go down so often maybe you need a second good first string type quarterback to get to the superbowl like the eagles want to. >> and you have the attention of the nfl and the league on philadelphia. we areciate it. there could be a new bombshell in the affair

involving former senator john edwards. wral television in raleigh is quoting sources it says, expect edward it's admit he is the father of his former mistresses 18-month-old daughter. the national enquirer said this week paternity tests prove he is the father. the tabloid said lawyers were working out a child support agreement. we have plenty more still ahead on fox 5 morning news. >> twisted metal and a shattered glass and the woman trapped inside the car shares her amazing story of survival from her hospital bed. it's a fox 5 exclusive. and have weekend plans yet. why not head out to the montgomery county fair. holly is live with a preview ahead. rewrite your hair's past and give it a whole new life.

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tension recently is now speaking out about that crash. here it is. a collision at the intersection of pennsylvania and alabama avenues that trapped five people in their cars and sent witnesses scrambling to help. this happened as d.c. mayor adrian fenty was giving a news conference near the scene. well crystal walker was inside the cat lack when it was struck by a suv and fox 5 news was there at the hospital when she watched video of the aftermath at the first time. >> i'm still in the car. that's me right there. how in the world am i still living to see another day? i want to thank everybody that helped me out of the car. because if it wasn't for them, i probly wouldn't be living today. >> she is recovering with two broken legs, a broken hip and severe burns on her body. her friend regina jackson was also in the car and was severely burned and is

hospitalized with a broken leg. and a trip to one local park takes a frightening turn for several children. and then our fox 5-footy. we are planning a great night out. talking about family dining as well. fox 5 morning news will be right back. it's 8:26.

it'sle 29:00 than friday morning as we look at stories making headlines. >> a popular trail at rock creek park after several children were stung by bees. the kingman boys and girls club were out walking when they were stung. the same thing happened to a group of children that were strung earlier. two had to be hospitalized. some say metro acted too fast after the facts after this photo showing a petro bus driver on a cell phone behind

the wheel. her union says her radiwnwados and she had to use the cell phe onto call n in the issue. the driver is on leave. and you could expect delays up to 30 muputes at the fort totten station. free subtle buses will be available. on orange lines, trains will share one track so bee aware of delays this weekend. half past the hour and we'll get a check of the weather with tony perkins. >> and we'll start with the weekend forecast for you heading to the beach. saturday and sunday brings a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening primarily. highs around 80 degrees. sunday is the warmer of the three days. highs in the low to mid oils and more sunshine as well. we're not thinking we'll see rain at the beaches on sunday. again, highs around 80 for fi f upt le first couple of days and sunday into the low 80s. now here is a look at what is

happening with our current temperatures around the region. 73 degrees here. 72 up if baltimore. patuxent naval air station is at 74 degrees and out at winchester, 68 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar for the region. got some clouds and it's a nice mix of clouds and sunshine across most of the washington area. we have had some areas of fog move across the region as well. that's beginning to burn off. and we have some precipitation but down to the south across southern portions of the potomac river and some rain showers linger there. and the forecast for today looks like this: similar to yesterday, more sunny than yesterday, and an isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. when i say isolated, that's what i mean. a couple of these popping up here and there. a couple of you might see rain showers. high today of about 86 degrees. that's one deege norm -- degree below normal. and let's take one final look

at julie wright. >>est earn market, tomorrow morning at 10:00, you'll be there. >> i will be there. that is the rumor. >> well now i don't know if i'm supposed to show up or not. >> i will be there. >> okay. here we are out on the roads. top stretch of the beltway past 650 new hampshire into silver spring. lanes are open, no incidents to report. southbound 95-295 in good shape out of laurel. starting to see sunshine peeking through the clouds but delays on the outer loop on the work zone after van dorn toward eisenhower and toward telegraph road. eastbound dulles toll road doing tree trimming, stay to the left to get by: that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. who doesn't love the old family style meals. our fox 5 foodie publisher, our list are you on it, nicki nellis joins us with some of the family friendly foods. thank you for being with us.

more people are focused on trying to get to places we haven't gotten to. >> restaurant weeks start next week on the 24th, but many restaunts are doing month- long celebrations. some are knocking it out all month long but some of the other restaurants thought they would do something unique which is this family style dinner which means you are getting large platters for groups of two or more brought to your table. >> you just have to go with people that know how to share. >> sharing is really important on this one. no individual servings on this. >> you can't be selfish or be with somebody who is. you brought some today. we want to start with the source and you have been there before and what did you think? >> chef scott, this is a wolfgang puck restaurant but scott turno is the chef there and he's put out this chinese banquet inspired how chinese

people eat family serve serving -- serving, talking four appetizers and entrees and that's $45 a person which could be more. >> you probably want to get your money's worth and not eat all day. >> pace yourself. >> and this is the post, which is more affordable. >> they call it the post roast. you do have to order thiahead of time and you have to order it in advance and rob wheeland is the chef there. they have this gorgeous patio outside. he is roasting -- pit roasting different meat. so you can order lamb, goat and get a variety of sides and it's $27 a person. >> you have to agree on which animal that you want. >> i don't know about you, but pigs, we go for the pig. >> now for those who want to in

dullth and head down to the four seasons in georgetown. >> now i know you think four seasons. >> i'm thinking my whole paycheck is going for this meal >> it's not. they are doing classic suppers. they are doing different price ranges for different days of the week. but it's a three course meal. and the chef has a herb and vegetable garden in the back of the hotel and so he's picking from that and they're doing family meals and it's a great way to sit down with your family and try some good od. >> and that's at bourbon steak. and we see this, a lot of restaurants are growing their own food and more in the organic route which is great to see in georgetown. juniper is another one. >> they have an herb garden. they have this beautiful square within the hotel and they have a herb garden back there and the chef jason darling is picking herbs and they have this family feast, a family of four can eat for $70 and they break it down if all four

people don't want to do it. >> and that's total. >> total, $70. probably not with tax and tip. and he's putting out classics like roast chicken and fantastic sides and it's all fresh and local when available. and sunday still seems to be the family day when we think about the family get-togethers for dining. >> well commonwealth is a british inspired bistro pub and jaime lee is the chef there and te do traditional english uppers and they start at 1:00 to 4:00 and she served all sorts of interring roasted meat like goat and rabbit or meat and steak and the price is $24 to $32 and it's for a group of people and it's fun and festive and it's always a feast. >> also some upcoming events that are featuring cocktails in the district, cafe atlantico is hosting a rum tasting coming up and you've heard about restaurant week coming up next week and the first ever d.c. beer week as restaurants all

over the district are featuring a craftn artisan beers. we'll talk about it next week for restaurant week. >> hopefully there are some good deals out there next week. and to enjoy yourself at a restaurant, you need to have money coming in the door and with the slumping economy, we're trying to help you out to find a job in our job shop and our job of the day is coming up next. plus this lady right there enjoys her job. what she says keeps her so motivated. fox 5 morning news continues after the break. explain.

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it's the all new sesam. at busch gardens in williamsburg. with four family-friendly des... and everyone's sesame street friends. ( elmo giggles ) ♪ big andmall! there's fun for all! ♪ it's now # -- 8:44. new development into the investigation of emergency's death. a law enforcement official says the powerful anesthetic believe killed him came from a pharmacy in nevada that was searched this week. his personal physician dr. conrad murray bought the drug and administered it before he died on june 25th. conrad told investigators that he gave jackson the drug as a sleep aid. the music world saying goodbye to a guitar legend as

les paul passed away yesterday from complications of pneumonia. he pioneered the solid body guitar used by legends, including jimmy page and many more. less paul died at the age of 94. aerosmith has canceled the rest of thur tour when steven tyler fell off the stage. he needs to recover from a broken shoulder and 20 stitches in his head. in a statement tyler said after thousands of live shows, falling off the edge four times ain't too bad. the 61st montgomery county annual fair. >> you know what comes with that. livestock and rides and food. and holly morris is there it morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have a preview for you. we're tackling one of the largest rides. this is the 6th largest carnival. i told you they now how to do

it right. it's 61 week year -- 61 years and going strong and it's because of midway a. john joins me this morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: and i understand you have seven new rides. >> yes. and each year we purchase about $2 million to $3 million worth of new rides. >> reporter: and they're really safe. >> oh, yes. they've all been inspected by the department of labor for the state of maryland and they've gone through and inspected every ride and gives us a is the and anybody can get on it. >> reporter: a something special here. >> yes. the complete power is run on soybean based biofuel diesel fuel and sponsored by the american soybean board. so everything here is manufactured by the farmers in maryland that go into the generators that create the

energy for the fair. >> i think i put it off long enough. i'm getting in my seat here and i'm sitting next to britney hilton who is a fair summer intern. i wonder how she got picked for this. and quickly, tell me about the ride here, about vertigo, before we go. >> it's 109 feet tall and when you're at the top of the ride, your feet will be 86 feet off the ground. >> reporter: great. i can't wait for that. make sure i'm all right. >> our ride technician is checking you. >> reporter: excellent. i'm good. you will take it easy on us. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: well let's go ahead and start this puppy up. you know what i think we need? >> what. >> reporter: i think we need right round by slow rider. spin me right round. go ahead and start her up. let's talk about what else people can do at the fair? >> we have a lot going on.

we have our fair idol contest starting tonight and tomorrow night. we have community square kid zone where there is activities for kids to do. and there is animals, food, you name it. >> reporter: this is something for everyone. and it starts at 3:00 this afternoon. is this your first time on here? >> yeah. >> reporter: so what are you thinking? >> i'm not going to tell you what i'm thinking. i'm not sure it's appropriate for television. >> i'm not either. >> reporter: so tell me about the junior board members because they're the ones that we conned into riding this this morning. tell me about the program and how it works. >> it's used -- it's those that have been involved in the fair and they are lifetime members and it's from ages 16 to 21 and you learn about the fair so you can have an opportunity to become a part of the senior board once you're older. >> reporter: and what do you get out of being a part of this

environment. >> there is a lot of leadership that you learn and you get to see the back side of the fair, all of the scheduling and stuff that goes on that you normally don't see as a patron. >> reporter: people probably don't understand what goes on into pulling this off. >> right. it starts back in may, years before, but i come in in may and so does a lot of other staff and gets it going. >> reporter: what is your favorite part of the fair? >> i would have to say the animals. >> reporter: when do the animals come -- we saw the horses earlier, but some of the other ones aren't in yet. when do they come in. >> today through sunday. all of them will be here by sunday at noon. >> reporter: and today only, 3:00 to midnight, you can get a $9.95 wristband and ride all of the rides you want, including vertigo. just bring your drama mean.

we have a link to the fair on our website, myfoxdc.com it runs through sunday. back to you. >> i can't watch that. and the new movie band slam opens today. gayland pinel is a high school nerd persuaded by a classmate to help handle a band. and romance broods between penal and sam played by vanessa hungons. you may have heard of her. and we're hear to talk abt her role more. thank you. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> and you don't even believe it yourself. >> i can't beieve the movie is coming out. >> you're in the . >> i know. i can't believe it. >> you lived in silver spring.

>> yes. and that's where my dog is so that's where my heart is. and i was going to nyu because i have this the movie and i thought it would be better to deal with that behind the camera than in front of it. >> and then somebody spotted you there. >> yeah. i tried out for -- todd graph wanted kids to play their own musical instruments so i played cello. so i tried out for that part which they eventually gave to a girl. and they said he's weird looking and why didn't we have him try out for the main character. >> and what did you say? >> basically i was in a hotel room in austin and said you have the part and i did a weird dance that involves a lot of -- i probably shouldn't do it on tv. >> you started it. >> i did poking and then i got to do the calls to my friend and family which is probably one of the best calls you could

make in your life. and oh, my gosh, and in that voice too. it's unfortunate. >> and the scene setup. >> yeah. the kiss scene. >> so you get to kiss -- >> yes. unfortunately i get to kiss van he isy and and -- van he isy and ally. unfortunately for them. >> come here. first start by moving a strand of hair from her face. go ahead. now lower your hand to the back of her neck. then lean in. a slice parting of the lips, and then -- >> i bet you'll never forget that for the rest of your life.

>> is that weird to watch? >> it is. it is weird to watch when my mom is sitting next to me in the theater. >> when you went to the screening and everything -- >> we were making weird sounds. >> you were making weird sounds. it was porch too close to home. it was how my first kiss was in 6th, 7th grade. i was in 6th grade and it was a 7th grade perm is coupous girl who was trying to set you up with her friend. >> we won't mention names. >> no. and i was like i wouldn't know what to do. and she said we'll have to meet up after school so i can teach you. true story. i hope she's not watching. that would be scary. >> she provided the element for that scene. >> but this is my life on the big screen. >> but that's the beauty. you bring a natural quality. >> but years from now -- when i

have kids they'll be like dad was a big dork. >> and what was it like, vanessa hungons and lisa kudrow was in it and the advice they give you. >> they were the greatest. they are the greatest mentors i could ask for. the two girls would kind of make fun of me. i didn't know what first team and second team was what my mark was. they're like gaylan you're screwing this up again. but vanessa would rip me because i would eat pancakes evermorning and she's like that so weird, what are you doing. >> was she fun to work with. >> yes. and to see them on the press tour, i felt like patrick fugon in almost famous. at one airport they put us on the airport cart. i guess if you're with vanessa. >> and so you're a star now.and bigger things will probably come. >> they say all of these people are saying i'm the version of

shiloh buff that cost less than his assistant. i gueses that like a backhanded compliment or shia la beouf versus curly of the three stooges. and i have to say thank you. i'm glad people are asking me questions. >> best of luck to you. it's been a pleasure to meet you and good luck. >> yeah. >> and i hope you remember us. >> absolutely. i told them i will be coming back so much they'll be like why, no more interviews for him. >> and you'll be back in silver spring. >> absolutely. and my dog lives there. >> good to know. >> and check it out. >> it opens today. >> and thank you for being here. and tony is coming back with a final look at weather. stay with us. explain.

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